ESCAPE

Chains could not hold down the pride which filled in

Through the open bars of my cell.

Darkness could not smother the thickening sounds

Of silence, still and deadly

A moving shadow dared to oppress me of my 

Breath, my last breath

I scream the last of my heart,

One cough silenced the sickening tongue,

The head flopped to one side, cold, then still

The scream filled the room, even the barred windows 

Could not stop the scream from escaping.